<i>Arisaema siahaense</i> sp. nov. (Araceae) from India
A new species of Arisaema Mart . (Araceae) belonging to sect. Fimbriata is described and illustrated here from the Siaha District, Mizoram, India. This new species is characterized by an evergreen, dioecious herbaceous habit, up to 1.08 m high, having a subglobose tuber, with a solitary trifoliate leaf. The characteristic spadix appendix is 15–21 cm long, pendulous, whip‐like, and exserted, bearing dense, filiform, brownish‐green 3.5–5.8 cm bristly projections. This new species belongs to the ‘ Fimbriata ' section under Arisaema and the allied species are Arisaema nonghinense , Arisaema tsangpoense , and Arisaema lihengianum .
Authors
- Sudhansu Sekhar Dash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6754-2600)
- Rabishankar Sengupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9210-5587)
Institutions
- Botanical Survey of India (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nordic Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2026-01-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/njb.05107
- Primary Topic
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Environment